Or I never figured out why people on these boards haven't gave this a shot, but people should try using an EQ pedal to get that midboost effect they want, its all clean boost (unlike OD) and you can pick which frequencies you want to boost to get whatever type of sound alteration you want.

Or I never figured out why people on these boards haven't gave this a shot, but people should try using an EQ pedal to get that midboost effect they want, its all clean boost (unlike OD) and you can pick which frequencies you want to boost to get whatever type of sound alteration you want.

All a booster switch (like the PA2) does is alter the gain of the pickup's signal. But In the case of jackson's and ESP's booster switch it doesn't just boost the entire signal it also enhances set frequencies (the midrange in particular)

So here you can either set all the EQ sliders in the default position like in this photo and just Use the rightmost slider as a pure un-colored boost in signal, or you can raise the 1.6K or 3.2K slides a bit (coloring your tone by enhancing those frequencies) and then use the rightmost slider to get the desired gain boost.

I've acheived a Alexi Laiho Early Bodom/Sinergy tone through my friends set-up (small Marshall combo, super-strat, wah pedal) just by tinkering with the wah positions. There isn't any rocket science to Alexi's tone really. Thin and very "wah" like (mid boost). I reckon a equalizer pedal would work too.

Although there is one bar during the solo in the Racer X song, "Sunlit Nights" where he does the descending version in harmony with Bruce, but as I said, never the full thing like you see on the video.

I thought that too before i got a MXR M-108 10 band EQ. It makes ALL THE DIFFERENCE in the world. It's incredible...you can basically get any sound with it because you can boost so many different frequencies or cut back. It's basically like a "advanced" amp eq.

@Lowberg "OD FTW!!": Yeah agreed OD Is teh shit

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Originally Posted by Swabs

True Black Metallers don't even record their music, they just play it in deep ravines so the true fans can listen to the echoes.

Ok... So i have this problem... My Ibanez RGR-320EX is tuned in Eb or a half step down if you like.. I have 010 strings on it.. I have tuned it and the bridge is "leveled". And i have locked the locking nuts of course... But every time i use the tremolo it goes out of tune... But i can almost get in tune again by "lifting" or "lowering" the bridge like use the tremolo the opposite way. But why wont it stay in tune? Can it be that the springs are "loose" like has "slack" or is it something else needed to be fixed?
Any help will do

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Alasdhair@alasdhair.com says:
That's like putting toast into a toaster and getting toast back one day, then putting toast into a toast and getting JELLY the next

and if you don't want to go to guitar store pay money do it your self.
its a mater of trying error learning.
i personally never took my guitars,bass to guita tech i was scared at first to fuck it up but the more i massed with it the faster i got it
and it is really not rocket science. just try and see what happens.

i do most repairs (e.g. volume pot replacement... i go though a few a year) on the road and pickup fitting myself as most of my guitars have unconventional wiring etc, I like to have my guitars set up by my tech, Tim before I go out on tour just because they get it done just how i like it; i've been going to him for 7 years now and he always nails it and gets my axes singing!